And he’d have the added stress of adverse social and MSM exposure if he is seen in public with a woman other than his wife.
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The premium increases are also due to legislative changes where occupational health and safety also now includes psychological safety
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Hawthorn racism review scandal timeline: How all parties got to this point | Herald Sun
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May 19, 2023 - 12:00PM
News Corp Australia Sports
The fuse for footy’s biggest – and messiest – racism scandal was lit on April 2 last year.
Cyril Rioli, four years retired, and wife Shannyn went public with claims of racist incidents they said had fractured their relationship with the Hawthorn Football Club.
The headline allegation was that president Jeff Kennett had ridiculed Shannyn during a 2018 exchange at Launceston Airport where he commented on her ripped designer jeans – and offered some loose change to help sew them up.
The Riolis detailed a second incident during an end-of-season trip to Bali in 2013 where an unnamed senior Hawks player asked teammates whether the partner of one of his Indigenous teammates was “also a boong”.
Michael Long, Rioli’s uncle, spoke up a few days after the allegations were aired, declaring that his nephew had lost his way and needed help.
But Hawthorn – and Kennett- took the claims seriously.
A board meeting was convened on April 8 where the club’s directors agreed to commission a review into the treatment of past and current indigenous players.
A sub-committee of Hawthorn’s people and culture committee, chaired by board member Ian Silk, explored options for the review before former Richmond player and indigenous consultant Phil Egan was appointed to lead the process on May 19.
Alastair Clarkson and Chris Fagan while at the Hawks in 2014. Picture: AFL Media
The Egan review was hardly a secret within the football industry.
In August, the club publicly confirmed it had “engaged external First Nations experts to communicate and engage with former players and staff” in the wake of the Rioli allegations.
On September 2, Egan advised Hawthorn chief executive Justin Reeves that he was in the process of finalising his review.
Two days later, he emailed Reeves a draft version of his report, which was presented to the Hawthorn board at Kennett’s Cremorne office on the morning of September 4.
The board was “shocked” and “horrified” by the findings and agreed that the report needed to be handed to the AFL integrity unit.
On the afternoon of Wednesday, September 7, Reeves received Egan’s final report by email, which was distributed to Hawthorn board members with protected passwords at 4.18pm and just before 9am on September 8 – barely 17 hours after the club had formally received the report – acting-president Peter Nankivell contacted AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon and advised of a matter the club wished to refer to the AFL integrity department regarding First Nations players.
A meeting between the AFL and Hawthorn was scheduled for the morning of September 13 but on Sunday, September 11 the AFL informed the Hawks there was “a lot of chatter” surrounding the club.
That evening, Dillon drove to Reeves’ home in Richmond where he read a copy of Egan’s “Cultural Safety Review”.
Two days later, in the CBD office of Hawthorn’s law firm, Dillon and AFL integrity unit head Tony Keane met with club officials and were handed an envelope containing the full and unredacted version of the Egan report.
Alastair Clarkson stepped away from coaching this week to focus on his mental health. Picture: Getty Images
Hawthorn chiefs insist the AFL was “kept informed at all times” and that the board’s intention was always to hand the findings of Egan’s “truth-telling” report to the AFL integrity unit for investigation, where the three accused officials – Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Jason Burt – would be given their right of reply.
But the process turned on its head on September 19 when ABC national sports editor James Coventry emailed Hawthorn a series of questions about the Egan report, requesting answers by 1pm the next day.
Just before 5am on September 21, the ABC published a story based on “an external review commissioned by the Hawthorn Football Club” revealing allegations key figures at the club had “demanded the separation of young First Nations players from their partners, and pressured one couple to terminate a pregnancy for the sake of the player’s career”.
Clarkson, Fagan and Burt have strongly denied all allegations.
The Hawthorn racism review had exploded into the public domain, prompting the AFL to announce the establishment of an independent panel to investigate the claims that afternoon.
On October 4, league boss Gillon McLachlan declared he was “optimistic” the review would be completed by Christmas, but it was wishful thinking.
Within days of the establishment of the panel, the process had become a lawyers picnic.
Jeff Kennett and Alastair Clarkson in 2018. Picture: Getty Images
As Kennett said last week, “you have lawyers representing the AFL, the club, the players who have made the accusations, those who have been accused – and now you have lawyers appointed by the four-man inquiry panel and lawyers appointed to handle the mediation.”
Behind the scenes, almost all parties concede the eight-month AFL panel process is dead in the water, leaving mediation as the league’s last-ditch chance to reach a negotiated outcome.
Clarkson last week launched a scathing attack on the credibility of the investigation and took aim at his old club before announcing he was taking indefinite leave from the game.
“There’s one particular party out there that was the catalyst for all this, that haven’t been investigated at all — their governance and conduct in this whole thing, the Hawthorn Football Club, just shameful,” Clarkson said.
But the Hawks maintain they acted appropriately by commissioning a report in the weeks after the Riolis spoke up and notified the AFL almost immediately after the handing down of the Egan report.
The game changer came three days before last year’s Grand Final when the ABC published the untested racism allegations and the fuse that Cyril lit set off a nuclear bomb.
HOW THE HAWTHORN RACISM SCANDAL UNFOLDED
April 2, 2022: Retired Hawthorn champion Cyril Rioli and wife Shannyn detail claims of racism at the club.
April 8, 2022: The Hawthorn board convenes to discuss the claims and agree to commission a review into the treatment of past and current Indigenous players. A sub-committee of Hawthorn’s people and culture committee chaired by board member Ian Silk explores options for the review.
May 19, 2022: Indigenous consultant Phil Egan is appointed to lead the review.
August 18, 2022: Hawthorn publicly confirms the review, telling the Herald Sun it has “engaged external First Nations experts to communicate and engage with former players and staff”.
September 2, 2022: Egan advises Hawthorn CEO Justin Reeves he is in the process of finalising his ‘cultural safety review’.
September 4, 2022: Egan sends Reeves a draft of his report.
September 5, 2022: Reeves presents the Egan draft report to the Hawthorn board at a 9am meeting at president Jeff Kennett’s Cremorne office.
September 7, 2022: Egan sends Reeves his final report, which is distributed to board members with protected passwords at 4.18pm.
September 8, 2022: Acting-Hawthorn president Peter Nankivell contacts AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon just before 9am advising him of a matter the club wishes to refer to the AFL integrity department regarding First Nations players. A meeting between the club and AFL is scheduled for the following week.
September 11, 2022: The AFL informs Hawthorn about “a lot of chatter” surrounding the club. Dillon attends a meeting at Reeves’ home in Richmond and reads an unredacted version of the Egan report.
September 12, 2022: Hawthorn sends the AFL a redacted copy of the report.
September 13, 2022: Hawks chiefs meet with Dillon and AFL integrity boss Tony Keane at the offices of a CBD law firm engaged by the club, providing an unredacted copy of the report to the league in a sealed envelope.
September 19, 2022: ABC national sports editor James Coventry emails Hawthorn questions about the Egan report, requesting answers by 1pm the next day.
September 21, 2022: The ABC publishes a story based on “an external review commissioned by the Hawthorn Football Club” which reveals allegations “key figures at the AFL club demanded the separation of young First Nations players from their partners, and pressured one couple to terminate a pregnancy for the sake of the player’s career”. The three accussed; Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Jason Burt, have all strongly denied all allegations. The AFL announces the establishment of a diverse, independent panel to investigate the allegations.
October 4, 2022: McLachlan says he is “optimistic” the review will be completed by Christmas 2022.
May 10, 2023: Panel chair Bernard Quinn KC releases a statement revealing the probe had reached an impasse.
May 18, 2023: North Melbourne coach Clarkson, in charge of Hawthorn at the time of the allegations, takes indefinite leave from the game.
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I dont know of any Indiginous Australians who have any faith in the Court system.
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Nah, prefer Clakko banished from the game for life
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For those who haven’t seen it.
Hit on Aitken at 1:09 left him with a broken jaw.
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And the hypocrisy of that is Jeff ordered the review in the first place.
He isn’t going to do that without a smoking gun even with his penchant for carrying toy golliwogs around
Jeff was part of the issue himslef
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I know right, I can’t help not to, pointing out his hypocrisy is a drug I can’t shake atm.
Hardwick: the game will be worse off if we do not cover up for the boys club and maintain status quo. Hows Mrs Hardwick going Dimma?
…well ironically… Danielle now aims to help young Indigenous artists, a business idea inspired by the Indigenous footballers who lived with her family during their transition to the AFL.
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Dimma by name, now dim by nature. Not a word about the young indigenous players, nor their partners. I wonder how Shai Bolton and the Rioli boys feel about this support for Clakko. The game doesn’t need Clakko, nor any other racist ■■■■■■. We have this round of football to celebrate the contribution first nation players have made to the national game. At the same we also have Clakko screaming to all and sundry how things aren’t fair.
Boo bloody hoo!
The sooner he is permanently out of the game the better. He deserves no sympathy, as he still maintains that he did nothing wrong.
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It sickens me that all of sudden they all care about mental health. Hird never got that treatment from the media. Jason Horne Francis didn’t get that treatment from the media. Goodes never got that treatment from the media. Even the victims in this are barely getting that treatment from media.
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Hardwick used to lose his temper a lot prior to Richmond’s golden era, and has been doing so more again lately. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the whole team lifted when their coach found a bit more peace in his temperament.
It’s like they now realise their appalling treatment was excessive and harmful.
except it was obvious then
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“I just can’t do it’: Details of Clarko meeting revealed as Hawks racism investigation takes big twist
Fox Footy from Fox Sports
May 19th, 2023 7:49 am
There is reportedly “little chance” of Alastair Clarkson, Chris Fagan and Jason Burt facing sanctions based on the evidence presented to the Hawthorn racism inquiry so far.
Clarkson stepped away from North Melbourne indefinitely on Wednesday to focus on his physical and mental wellbeing, with Brett Ratten to take on the senior coaching role in his absence.
Nine reported on Friday investigators were being urged to bring the eight-month long inquiry to an end, and also reported there was little chance any of the three accused would face sanctions at this stage.
Clarkson’s involvement in a planned mediation session in Adelaide next Tuesday between the accusers and Hawthorn was “highly unlikely”, the report said.
A separate Nine report also offered insight into the meeting between Clarkson, his wife Caryn, manager James Henderson, North Melbourne president Sonja Hood and chief executive Jennifer Watt on Wednesday afternoon.
Clarkson told Hood and Watt, “I need to get help”, according to the report, adding of his coaching role, “I just can’t do it”.
The meeting lasted for roughly an hour, with Clarkson telling Hood and Watt he was “second-guessing” himself amid the ongoing inquiry.
North Melbourne players and officials learned of Clarkson’s decision on Thursday morning, with the club confirming the news publicly shortly after.
Clarkson expressed his frustrations with his former club Hawthorn last week for its conduct regarding the handling of its investigation, which it ultimately referred onto the AFL.
Hood also voiced her frustration with how the Hawks handled the report at the time.
“The first time I heard from anyone at Hawthorn was after Russell Jackson had published his piece on the ABC,” she said on Triple M’s Rush Hour on Thursday.
“I watched it unfold in a meeting two days earlier between the AFL and the Hawthorn footy club in a meeting that we were all in where everybody was pretending it wasn’t happening and it was.
“We couldn’t work out what was going on, we thought someone must’ve gotten into trouble at the Brownlow the night before and of course that wasn’t what was going on, it was this story.
“I heard about it from the AFL, I never heard about it from Hawthorn until after it was in the public domain. I would like to think that if that was my club, I’d have done the opposing club the courtesy of a call.”
Former Hawthorn premiership star Jordan Lewis was scathing of the club on Thursday night, telling AFL 360 Plus he would find it hard to see “eye-to-eye” with several past and present figures.
Farking LOL.
Our multi-million governance penalties etc were justified by, among other things, not getting all-clear references for Robinson/Dank.
(ignoring that Thompson had already worked with them, of course)
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You mean Clarkson was realising that he is a massive ■■■■?
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I have no sympathy for this worm. He kicked us while we were down. Gets what’s coming to him.
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And ignoring that the Suns hired them just prior to us (and Melbourne contracting Dank just after us)
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